The Author Above Me Verse 1 I woke to voices breaking through the walls, Like iron bells inside my dreaming skull. The heroes screamed that hope would never fall, The broken souls said hope was never real. Books I'd written stood with sharpened words, Throwing chapters like a thousand knives. Every page believed it owned my heart, Every ending claimed to know my life. Pre-Chorus So I cried, "You're both the blood inside my veins. Light and darkness wear the same last name." Chorus I'm every page... I'm every scar... Half of heaven, half at war. Every smile wears another face, Every truth leaves an empty space. Who holds the pen? Who writes my name? If I'm the story... Who's the flame? Verse 2 Back in bed, the blankets pulled me down, Pressed my soul between two silent worlds. Made me into one small brittle cookie, Two-faced, cracked, and smiling to the world. Morning loved me... Night denied me. Every sunrise changed my mind again. I kept running from the lonely silence, Only finding deeper rooms within. Bridge Then I opened one forgotten novel... Read the first line... It was me. Every heartbeat... Every question... Every step I'd ever thought was free. I reached the ending... And I found myself Reading words I hadn't lived... Yet somehow already knew. Final Chorus I'm every page... But not the pen. Someone breathes me now and then. Every choice I called my own May belong to hands unknown. If I'm dreaming... Dream me kind. Leave a little light behind. And if this song Is all I've been... Who is singing... Above... Me?
